■ Direction You have 20 minutes to plan and write your response. You response will be judge on the basis of The quality of writing and on how well your response presents the points in the lecture and the relationship to the reading passage. Typically, an effective response will be 150 to 225 words. ■ Question Summarize the points made in the lecture you just heard, explaining how they cast doubt on the points made in the reading
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▶ Topic :
98. The following is a recommendation from the business manager of Monarch Books.
"Since its opening in Collegeville twenty years ago, Monarch Books has developed a large customer base due to its reader-friendly atmosphere and wide selection of books on all subjects. Last month, Book and Bean, a combination bookstore and coffee shop, announced its intention to open a Collegeville store. Monarch Books should open its own in-store café in the space currently devoted to children's books. Given recent national census data indicating a significant decline in the percentage of the population under age ten, sales of children's books are likely to decline. By replacing its children's books section with a café, Monarch Books can increase profits and ward off competition from Book and Bean."
Write a response in which you examine the stated and/or unstated assumptions of the argument. Be sure to explain how the argument depends on these assumptions and what the implications are for the argument if the assumptions prove unwarranted. | |
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▶ Your Answer :
In the recommandation from the business manager of Monarch Books, the author assumes that they should open their own in-store cafe in the space devoted to children's books. At first glance, the recommendation seems convincing; however, the unsubstantiated assumptions throughout the argument lead me to question the validity of the argument.
First, the author assumes that recent national census data reveals that there is a substantial decline in the percentage of the population under age ten, sales of children's books are likely to decline. However, it is possible that the number of children under age ten originally is negligible in the Collegeville, therefore the said decline is not substantial. Although the number of children under age ten is significant, it is plausible that parents raising their children may short on money since the economy in the Collegeville is unstable. For this reason, parents cannot bring their children to the Monarch Books.
Another assumption the author makes is that the Monarch Books can increase profits and ward off competition from Book and Beans by replacing it's children's book section with cafe. However, the reason why the majority of the consumer have found the Monarch Books to read and buy books might be because of other possible things not because of the children's section with cafe. In other words, the reason why the citizens usually go to the Book and Beans may not due to in-store cafe but due to some possibilities such as many amenities for children and the convenient transportations for parents around the store. Moreover, if the Monarch Books constructs the children sections with cafe, it can be costly and there may not reap enough benefits from this replacement since another store already operate it.
Lastly, the author states that Monarch Books should open its own in-store café in the space currently devoted to children's books. However, the author overlooks the reasons of building the in-store cafe for children. Providing the in-store cafe service may be for parents not for children. It is plausible that there is not enough benefits that the author expects in that rather providing their consumer with a wide array of books and a cutting-edge equipment helping the education of children than giving the service as in-store cafe is indispensible for the customer.
In summary, the author's claim is not persuasive. In order to bolster the argument, the author should provide more information that would eradicate the above assumptions.
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시간이 왜이리도 많이 걸리는 걸까요ㅠㅠ 거의 45분걸렸습니다..
이제보니 글의 길이가 많이 긴것 같네요ㅠㅠ어떻게 하면 줄일 수 있을 까요?
물론 처음이라 연습많이 해야겠지만, 시행착오를 조금 줄이고 싶습니다.
혹시 좋은 방법 있으면 함께해요~^^